Bearing.



M. S. PEREIRA L C. SILVA.

BEARING.

APPLICATION FlLED MAR. 7. 1918.

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BEARING.

vSpecification of Letters Patent.

lPatented Sept. 10, 1918.

Application filed March 7, 1918. Serial No. 220,982.

To all whom t may concern:

Be `it known that we, MANUEL SILVA PE- REIRA and CUs'roDio SILVA, subjects of the King of Spain, and residents of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bearings, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to an improvement in bearings for rods, shafts and the like, and more particularly to hinged bearings, with the object in view of providing a device which may be readily released or locked for the purpose of quickly removing or replacing a rod or shaft.

A further object is to provide a device which may be arranged in series and operated by a common means, which releases or locks the parts simultaneously.

A still further object is to provide certain improvements in the form, construction and arrangement of the elements whereby the -above and other named objects may be effectively carried out.

A practical embodimentv of our invention is represented in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 represents in front elevation two of our improved bearings having the locking and releasing means connected and operated by a means common to both bearings.

Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same partly in section.

Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal vertical section taken in the plane of the line III-III of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 represents a front elevation of a modiiied form of bearing.

Fig. 5 represents a vertical central section of the same.

' Fig. 6 represents a front elevation of a hanger used in connection with shafting, and having our improved c onstruction applied thereto.

Fig. 7 represents a side elevation of the same, and

Fig. 8 represents a vertical central section.

The upper and lower bearings shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3, are more or less similar in construction and are the same in so far as the operation of the movable parts are concerned.

Each bearing comprises a fixed member l and a movable member 2. The fixed member 1 has a portion 3 arranged to receive a rod or shaft 4 and the movable member 2 a corresponding portion 5 which coacts with the portion 3 to hold the rod therebetween when in a closed position. rlhe movable member 2 is hinged to the member 1 at 6, so that the portion 5 of the movable member may be swung to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, thereby leaving the rod free to be removed.

The movable member 2 is held in engagement with its fixed member 1 by means of hooks 7, in the present instance two are shown, secured to a yoke 8 which is fast on a longitudinally movablel bar 9 journaled in a frame 10 of the member 1. This frame 10 also serves as a guide for the movement of the yoke 8. The hooks 7 project downwardly into a pocket 11 in the member 1 and outwardly into elongated slots 12 .in the movable member 2.

The movement of the bar 9 in the Jframe 10 is controlled by means of a nut 13 having a screw-threaded engagement with the upper end of the bar and resting upon the frame 10. Thus it will be seen that when the bar 9 is moved upwardly, the yoke 8 will carry the hooks 7 upwardly in the pocket 11 and slots 12, until they engage the member 2 at the top of the slots, whereupon the rod 4 will be securely locked between the members. The downward movement of the bar 9 will, of course, cause the hooks to pass downwardly in the slots until they have released the member 2 which will fall by gravity to theposition shown in Fig. 3.

As a means of securing the device to a wall 14 or other support, we provide the member 1 with iianges 15 arranged to receive bolts 16 screwed into the wall.

In order to operate a series of bearings simultaneously, it .is necessary to form the upper Xed member with a bridge 17 so that the bar 9 may pass through the same to the yoke of the bearing below.

To accommodate rods having spurs, pins or other projection thereon, the movable member 2 is bifurcated as shown at 18 in Fig. 1, so that lthe spur 19 may oscillate therein.

In the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the 'iXed member 2O is provided with a pocket 21 in which a hook 22 reciprocates, the shank of which hook is arranged to move vertically in a hole 23 in the member 20 at the top of the pocket and has a screw-threaded engagement with a nut 24 which controls the movement of the hook The movable member 25 is provided With a-slot 2G iii-Which the lhook'* 22 reciprocates and is locked and released similar to the manner previously described. Inl Figs., 6, @and V8, we have shown 'a hanger for shafting vin which the members" do not directly engage theshafthut support shaft bearings such as are now in common aise., f YThe xed membersfQ? iofx, the4 hanger is provided ivvith` straps 28by which it isIsecured tothe'overhead. timbers29. The mov-` able memberBO is hingedat .3l sothat it may swing/to a 4position as showi'ifindotted linesinFig'.. 8. andheld in snug yengagement With' the fixed member 2.7 bya hook 32 which membersv by meanswo'faannti 35: having a j screw-threaded engagement With- :the shank of the1hook32' and b earing .iuponQthe fixed memberv27fbetweenfthestraps28 'llhefdevice shown vin Eigs. ll .and `3 inclusive; is .zivell A"adapted, for use inuconneotion withl .the -protectors ffor` vesselsshown yin our i1 partingfrom the spirit andiscopeo-fou'r'in- We do not -inten'dto be l limitedtoy the vdetails'sl1oW.I1`,-and vdescribed in lthe claims,

f comprising r members hingeditogethen, and

vent-iony 'and hence co-.pendingwapplication;Serial No. 204649,

eXoept as they maybe specifically set forth ".Whatfweselaim kI l `11.- Aibearingdiorfrods, `-shafts andthe like a reciprocatingw-meansfor lockingv and releasingisaidimembers .Jfi

f Y. 2.B'earingszfon rods, like comprising sets of, membershifnged together I ing said members.

and a commonmeans for locking and releas- 3. Bearings for rods,

compri sing.V setsi off members hinged together land-a common reciprocatingfmeansfor lock ing andzreleasin'g saidfmem'bers. g

4. A bearingvfor rods,'shafts and the ylike releasingvs'aid members;

aaa' ad a@ la@ comprising fixed and movable members hinged-togetherf an'dia reciprocatinv means for locking and releasing said mem ers.

`5. A bearing Vfor rods, shafts and the like comprising fixed 'and movable Vmembers hingedv together fand means reciprocable-in saidixedjmember andV engaging said movable member for locking the members together. n l... 6. A- bearingf for rods,A [shafts-andl` thej'like comprising a riXediI-ember, .a 'movable .memberhinged thereto'andY having a` slot therein,

1 a4 hook arranged tofenterfsaid slot anfglfmea-ns'v forjreciprocating. said-hook for locking and 7 A bearing for rodajshafts `and-the like comprisinga fixed mjeniber,v amova'ble member hinged thereto andayokeeslidable in said iXed :membervaud..haYiIlgvhOoks arranged-to' engage saidfmovable'memberfor locking the members together. v,

i 8.1 A bearing for-rodsgfshaftsandftheilike comprising a ixed` member, alIlQViLblG. 111761111 lbenhingedf thereto, a yokenslidalble in,- said xed member and having hooks arranged -to engage said-movable member and means for reciprocating said-yoke andv hooks for locking and-releasing the ,finembersgg ,f y f 9. Bearings-for rOds, shaftsl andthe llike comprising fixedlmembers, vmovable members hinged thereto, a bar having hooks arranged to engage said movable membersiandvmeans for reciprocatingsaid bar ytor locking and releasing ,said members.v`

10. Bearings for rods, oompiisiing,A fixed` members, movablev fmembers hinged thereto, 1a-, bar, Vprovided',With

yokes rhaving hooks arranged to engages-aid movable members and means forfreciprocating saidbar for locking and releasing'said members. j u Y.

In testimonythat We`claimtheforegoing as our invention, We lhave signed our names, this fifth day of March, 1918.

Copies of this patentfmay'be'obtained for 'vecents eaeh, by `addressing` the Commissioner fateiits, I Y.

' Washington, D. 0., 

